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With less than a week of training elapsed, POPFile is doing a great job separating messages I consider low priority from those I consider high priority.

POPFile also does a good job catching the spam thats sure to fall through the cracks of whatever server-side spam filter youre sitting behind. I highly recommend that you check out popfile.sourceforge.net to cash in on the technology dividend of the spam wars.

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